The Concert

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The Concert

PG-13

2010

2h 0m

Music

Comedy

Drama

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Many years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov (Alekseï Guskov) was fired as conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a janitor, he learns that members of the orchestra have been invited to perform in Paris. Andrei gathers his former players and plans to substitute them for the current ones, and he hopes that a beautiful virtuoso (Dmitriy Nazarov) will accompany them.

Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The Concert" builds beautifully from a farcical premise that requires a suspension of disbelief to a musical climax that washes away our cynicism in a wave of honest tears.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 22, 2011

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

"The Concert" is manipulative, overly sentimental, sometimes ludicrous and almost completely irresistible.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 24, 2011

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Greg Quill

Toronto Star

Benefits from clever editing and a credible cinematic representation of the ineffable power of music to ignite the human spirit. Sadly, the magic is way too long in the making.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 8, 2010

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

The action is hindered by clunky expositional dialogue that borders on the slapstick.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 5, 2018

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Jamie Neish

HeyUGuys

A shallow, formulaic and bland piece of cinema, with a wasted performance from Laurent and beautiful music that feels oddly out of place.

Aug 13, 2018

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

Delightful, heartwarming . . .blends serious topic with magic realism. . .All are wonderful to watch, even in surmounting some good-natured stereotypes.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 1, 2016

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Queralt T

It was a nice movie. The acting was probably the best part, since the story was a bit "unrealistic". As someone who plays an instrument, it is not possible to prepare a concert, such as Tchaikovsky's Concert for Violin and Orchestra, minutes before. But the rest quite did justice for this "plot mistake". A sweet movie to watch, learn and laugh! Sit back and enjoy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/27/25

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Peter G

The film includes a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, in one of the most moving concert scenes in decades of cinema.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/13/25

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Judith K

This is a film for classical music lovers. The plot is essentially a fairy tale, but the acting, especially of the two principals, is very good. And the music is even better. The movie ends with an emotional concert where a pick-up orchestra of persecuted Russian has-beens gets inspired and plays a Tchaikovsky concerto incredibly well in Paris.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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Thomas S

Though certain parts are clumsy, I shed all the teard of my body during the musical climax. I saw that movie for the first time right after I started Russian at university, and all memories bubbled up to the surface. Rarely have I had such a personal connection with a movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/26/24

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Liam D

Combining an farce, romantic drama and music into an over long but enjoyable period piece

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/16/24

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Aender S

Another masterpiece by Mihaileanu. "Le concert" starts as a comedy but later it progressively changes the tone to become a dramatic film, sad and heart-warming. All served with great acting and excellent music.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/17/24

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Synopsis

Many years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov (Alekseï Guskov) was fired as conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a janitor, he learns that members of the orchestra have been invited to perform in Paris. Andrei gathers his former players and plans to substitute them for the current ones, and he hopes that a beautiful virtuoso (Dmitriy Nazarov) will accompany them.

Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Producer: Alain Attal
Screenwriter: Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc, Matthew Robbins
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Les Productions du Trésor, BIM Distribuzione, Oï Oï Oï Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Castel Films, EuropaCorp, RTBF, Panache Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Music, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $657.2K
Runtime: 2h 0m

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